Malachite 15mm AAA Grade Coin CabochonMalachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding. Usually found near copper deposits, it is formed through the combination of carbonated water, limestone and copper. Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20 to ton blocks of the stone, while today it is primarily mined in Africa. Malachite was used extensively as decoration in the palaces of Russian tsars and forms the columns of St. Isaacs

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Although most people think of diamonds as colorless

primarily earth tones

Agate was used for medicinal purposes in ancient Greek and Egyptian civilizations

It is a particularly unusual gem because it exhibits a special optical property known as tenebrescence

in 315 BCE

Ruby was valued more highly than any other gem

shamans and warriors

it is exclusively sourced from a single small deposit in the desert of Madagascar

and is traceable to virtually all ancient civilizations

in a variety of swirling and linear patterns

Kyanite is also extremely useful in industrial applications due to its high heat resistance